India | Updated Aug 28, 2006 at 10:35am IST

45 killed as tank collapses in Raj

Press Trust Of India

Jaipur: At least 45 people were killed and 30 injured when a water tank collapsed on Sunday at a village fair in Kama town of Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, about 225 kilometre from Jaipur, a district official said.

Bharatpur district collector R Venkateshwaran said the victims were among the 200 people who were sitting on the tank and watching a wrestling competition at the Bhojan Thali Mela when the tank gave way.

The victims plunged into the water-filled tank which came crashing down, he told Chief Secretary R L Meena.

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